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- Latin Texts on Papyrus and the Study of Classics
- Latin Texts on Papyrus and the Study of Classics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Editor’s Note
- Abbreviations
- Latin Texts on Papyrus: A Project, Its Corpus, and the Future of Research
- Part I Philological and Literary Insights
- Part II Philological and Linguistic Insights
- Part III Palaeographic Insights
- Part IV Juridical and Historical Insights
- 20 Ancient Jurists and Latin Papyri
- 21 The Contribution of CLTP to the Study of Roman Justice
- 22 Julio-Claudian Procedural Reforms and Imperial Constitutions in the Light of BGU II 611 and BGU II 628
- 23 Marcus Aper and the Ala Apriana
- 24 Did a Fiscus Barbaricus Ever Exist?
- Bibliography
- Book part
23 - Marcus Aper and the Ala Apriana
from Part IV - Juridical and Historical Insights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2025
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Book contents
- Latin Texts on Papyrus and the Study of Classics
- Latin Texts on Papyrus and the Study of Classics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Editor’s Note
- Abbreviations
- Latin Texts on Papyrus: A Project, Its Corpus, and the Future of Research
- Part I Philological and Literary Insights
- Part II Philological and Linguistic Insights
- Part III Palaeographic Insights
- Part IV Juridical and Historical Insights
- 20 Ancient Jurists and Latin Papyri
- 21 The Contribution of CLTP to the Study of Roman Justice
- 22 Julio-Claudian Procedural Reforms and Imperial Constitutions in the Light of BGU II 611 and BGU II 628
- 23 Marcus Aper and the Ala Apriana
- 24 Did a Fiscus Barbaricus Ever Exist?
- Bibliography
- Book part
Summary
This chapter attempts to reconstruct the early history of the ala Apriana, a cavalry unit present in Egypt from the Julio-Claudian period, and of early auxiliary units of the Roman army in Egypt, on the basis of Latin and Greek documentary papyri. It then looks at Claudius’ reorganisation of permanent alae with standardised names, and investigates the identity and role of Aper, the first eponymous commander of the ala Apriana, suggesting an identification with the Gaulish orator Marcus Aper, Tacitus’ teacher and a speaker in the Dialogus de oratoribus.
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